Ceratrichia

Ceratrichia Butler, [1870] Forest Sylphs

Ceratrichia Butler, [1870]; Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 274; TS: Papilio nothus Fabricius

Ceratrichia; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Ceratrichia (Hesperiinae); [BK], 416; [AfrL]

Ceratrichia argyrosticta Plötz, 1879

Uganda. See [maps]

Ceratrichia argyrosticta Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9): 358

Ceratrichia argyrosticta; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] argyrosticta; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 52 (text)

C. a. argyrosticta

Ceratrichia argyrosticta argyrosticta; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. a. enta Evans, 1947

Ceratrichia argyrosticta enta; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910

Congo. See [maps]

Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 377, pl. 35, f. 11-12; TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State

Ceratrichia aurea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] aurea; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 52

Ceratrichia bonga Evans, 1946

Ceratrichia bonga; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1906

Cameroun - W.Kenya. See [maps] Brown Forest Sylph

Ceratrichia brunnea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] brunnea; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 54 (text)

C. b. brunnea

Ceratrichia brunnea brunnea; [AfrL]; [BK]: 417, pl. 61, f. 809; [iNaturalist]

C. b. ialemia Druce, 1909 Cameroun

Ceratrichia ialemia Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 413, pl. 67, f. 10; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft

Ceratrichia brunnea ialemia; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia clara Riley, 1925

Ceratrichia clara Riley, 1925; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16: 410

Ceratrichia clara; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Ceratrichia hollandi clara; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

C. c. clara Evans, 1937

Ceratrichia clara clara; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. c. medea Evans, 1937

Ceratrichia clara medea; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Ceratrichia hollandi medea; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925

Ceratrichia crowleyi Riley, 1925; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16: 410

Ceratrichia crowleyi; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia flandria Evans, 1956

Ceratrichia flandria Evans, 1956; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8: 884

Ceratrichia flandria; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878

Nigeria - W.Kenya. See [maps] Yellow Forest Sylph

Ceratrichia flava Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4): 343; TL: Cameroons
benitoensis Miller, 1964

Ceratrichia flava benitoensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Ceratrichia flava; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratrichia flava f. benitoensis; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 104
Ceratricia[sic] flava; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 53

C. f. flava

Ceratrichia flava flava; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 104; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. f. fernanda Evans, 1937

Ceratrichia flava fernanda; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908

Guinea - W.Kenya. See [maps] Holland's Sylph

Ceratrichia hollandi Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12): 481; TL: Fort Portal

Ceratrichia hollandi hollandi; [BK]: 416, pl. 61, f. 808
Ceratrichia hollandi; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] hollandi; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 55 (text)

Ceratrichia lewisi Collins & Larsen, 2000

Nigeria. See [maps]

Ceratrichia lewisi Collins & Larsen, 2000; Metamorphosis 11 (2): 68; TL: Nigeria, Obudu Plateau
?lewisi Berger

Ceratrichia lewisi; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925

Uganda, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [maps]

Ceratrichia mabirensis Riley, 1925; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16: 407
?Ceratrichia toroensis Riley, 1925; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16: 414

Ceratrichia mabirensis; [BK]: 417, pl. 61, f. 810; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia maesseni Miller, 1971

Ghana. See [maps]

Ceratrichia maesseni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 5; TL: Ghana, Konongo

Ceratrichia maesseni; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia nothus (Fabricius, 1787)

W.Africa. See [maps]

Papilio nothus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 88

Ceratrichia nothus; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 102; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] nothus; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 54

C. n. nothus

Ceratrichia nothus nothus; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 103; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. n. enantia (Karsch, 1893)

Ceratrichia nothus enantia; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 103; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. n. makomensis Strand, 1913

Ceratrichia nothus makomensis; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

C. n. yakoli Collins & Larsen, 2003 C.A.R.

Ceratrichia nothus yakoli Collins & Larsen, 2003; Metamorphosis 14 (3): 103; TL: C.A.R., nr Bangui, Bimon

Ceratrichia nothus yakoli; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia phocion (Fabricius, 1781)

Sierra Leone - Congo. See [maps]

Papilio phocion Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2: 138

Ceratrichia phocion; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Ceratricia[sic] phocion; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 55

C. p. phocion

Ceratrichia phocion phocion; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. p. camerona Miller, 1971 Cameroons

Ceratrichia phocion camerona Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 4; TL: Cameroun, Lolodorf

Ceratrichia phocion camerona; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia punctata Holland, 1896

Ceratrichia punctata Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 79

Ceratrichia punctata; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891

Uganda. See [maps]

Ceratrichia semilutea Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxv; TL: Lagos

Ceratrichia semilutea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Ceratricia[sic] semilutea; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 55 (text)

Ceratrichia semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Ceratrichia flava semlikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 102, pl. 16, f. 98-100

Ceratrichia flava semlikensis; [BK]: 416, pl. 61, f. 806; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Ceratrichia semlikensis; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003, Metamorphosis 14 (3): 104; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Ceratrichia weberi Miller, 1964

Cameroons. See [maps]

Ceratrichia weberi Miller, 1964; Bull. Inst. fr. Afr. noire (A) 26: 646

Ceratrichia weberi; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909

Cameroun - Uganda, W.Kenya. See [maps] Wollaston's Forest Sylph

Ceratrichia wollastoni Heron, 1909; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 19: 174

Ceratrichia wollastoni extensa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Ceratrichia wollastoni wollastoni; [BK]: 416, pl. 61, f. 807
Ceratrichia wollastoni; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Ceratricia[sic] woolastoni[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 53 (text)

Ceratrichia fasciata var. tessmanniana Strand, 1912; Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9): 109; TL: Alen

Ceratrichia indeterminabilis Strand, 1912; Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9): 110; TL: Alen

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[FLMNH] Florida Museum of Natural History
Bulletin of the Allyn Museum
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Generic Names and their Type-species
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1908
Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12) : 469-482
Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: : 1-303, pl. 1-3
Collins & Larsen, 2000
Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) - an ABRI research paper Metamorphosis 11 (2) : 57-75
Collins & Larsen in Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003; Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003
Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with the description of eleven new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) - ABRI Research Paper No. 3 Metamorphosis 14 (3) : 63-110
Druce, 1909
On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 406-413, pl. 67
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 356-378, pl. 33-35
Evans, 1956
Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8 : 881-885
Fabricius, 1781
Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentia Specifica, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Tom II Spec. Ins. 2 : 1-494 (1781), : 495-514 (appendix), 515-517 (index) ([1782])
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus Mantissa Insectorum 2 : 1-382
Heron, 1909
Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 12. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 19 : 141-178, pl. 5
Hewitson, 1878
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 340-348
Holland, 1896
A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Miller, 1964
African Hesperiidae: notes and descriptions [Lepidoptera] Bull. Inst. fr. Afr. noire (A) 26 : 640-647
Miller, 1971
Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa Bull. Allyn Mus. 2
Plötz, 1879
Verzeichniss de vom verstobenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholtz in West-Africa -- beim Meerbusen von Guinea -- gesammelten Hesperien Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 353-364
Riley, 1925
Notes on the genus Ceratrichia Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16 : 405-416
Strand, 1912
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition de Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kameroun und Spanish-Guinea. Lepidoptera III Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9) : 92-111

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